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gauchest

gauchest is the superlative form of gauche.

Meaning of gauche

Adjective

gauche (comparative more gauche or gaucher, superlative most gauche or gauchest)

  1. Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
    • Seeking by vulgar pomp and gauche display
      In 'good society', to make her way1836, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, The Outcast and Other Poems, The Spirit Court of Practice and Pretence, page 102
  2. (archaic) Skewed, not plane.
  3. (not comparable) Having a torsion angle of 60°.

Questions about gauchest

What is gauchest the superlative form of?
Gauchest is the superlative form of gauche.

Words near gauchest in the dictionary

  1. gaucheries
  2. gauchers
  3. gauches
  4. gauchesco
  5. gauchesque
  6. gauchest
  7. gauching
  8. gaucho
  9. gaucho-esque
  10. gauchoes
  11. gauchoesque

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